B Movies: An informal survey of the American low-budget film 19331945

B MOVIES by Don Miller, with an introduction by Leonard Maltin No one ever paid much attention to the bottom half of double-features in the 1930s and '40sexcept movie enthusiast Don Miller, who had a photographic memory. This unique and invaluable book traces the history of Hollywoods cinematic step-children, the low-budget movies that came from fly-by-night producers as well as the major studios. From Bela Lugosi to Charlie Chan, theyre all here in this comprehensive and entertaining texta resource thats been out-of-print for many years. Whether your interest is the early work of directors like Anthony Mann and Budd Boetticher or the roots of film noir, youll find what youre looking for in Don Millers lively, encyclopedic book.